The Language of Medicine: A Write-In Text Explaining Medical Terms - Brossura

Chabner, Davi-Ellen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0721697577 ISBN 13: 9780721697574

Casa editrice: W B Saunders Co, 2005

Riassunto

This market-leading text helps readers understand and learn complex medical terms by dividing them into their component parts, clearly explaining the meanings of these terms in the context of how the body works in health and disease. Terminology and complex medical processes are described an easy-to-understand manner that is readily accessible to readers of all levels. The Language of Medicine brings medical terms to life with a workbook format organized by body systems, offering additional chapters on specific key areas of health care, such as cancer and psychiatry. Anatomy and physiology sections are generously illustrated in full color and reinforced with exercises on combining forms in terminology and word parts. Instructor resources are available; please contact your Elsevier sales representative for details.

• Trusted Language of Medicine instructional method has been used by nearly 2 million students to learn, understand, remember and apply medical terminology.
• All chapters have been extensively reviewed by medical experts, including some of the leading practitioners in the field, ensuring that content is up to date, accurate, and relevant to current medical practice.
• Clear illustrations of anatomy, physiology, and pathology provide a real-world context and point of reference for learning medical terms and how they apply to practice.
• Simple, clear, non-technical explanations of terms makes the knowledge accessible even to readers with little or no previous medical or science background.
• Organization by body system with additional chapters on specialty medical areas helps readers understand medical words based on how they apply within the body system, function, or application.
• Explanations of clinical procedures, laboratory tests, and abbreviations related to each body system or medical specialty show medical terminology in practice.
• Pronunciation of Terms list at the end of each chapter provides phonetic spellings and spaces to write the meanings of terms.
• An audio glossary of over 3,000 terms on CD-ROM strengthens learning through auditory reinforcement while encouraging correct pronunciation.
• Case Scenarios and Practical Applications in each chapter with case reports, operative and diagnostic tests, laboratory and x-ray reports allow readers to apply knowledge to real work situations.
• A wealth of exercises including Section Exercises, exercises within each chapter, Comprehensive Exercises, review sections, and Pronunciation Exercises challenge readers to test their understanding of material.

• Practical Application Exercises at the end of each chapter and throughout text chapters provide "real life" scenarios that show medical language in action.
• New, more interactive Student CD features a full audio glossary of all medical vocabulary words in the text, as well as new animation and video clips.
• New conditions and updated, accurate information allows readers to relate to current information such as SARS, the latest information on ear infections, HIV encephalopathy, and hormone replacement research.
• The most recent advances are reflected throughout, especially in fast-changing medical fields where accuracy and active application to current medicine is essential.
• New dynamic photographs showing some of the most common skin conditions.
• Expanded and enhanced section of laboratory tests featuring a bolded summary before the full explanation.
• A more intuitive organization, relocating the radiological oncology material from the radiology chapter to the oncology chapter (Chapter 19).

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Contenuti

1. Basic Word Structure
2. Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole
3. Suffixes
4. Prefixes
5. Digestive System
6. Additional Suffixes and Digestive System Terminology
7. Urinary System
8. Female Reproductive System
9. Male Reproductive System
10. Nervous System
11. Cardiovascular System
12. Respiratory System
13. Blood System
14. Lymphatic/Immune System
15. Musculoskelatal System
16. Skin
17. Sense Organs: Eye and Ear
18. Endocrine System
19. Cancer Medicine (Oncology)
20. Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
21. Pharmacology
22. Psychiatry
Word Parts to English Glossary
English to Word Parts Glossary

APPENDICES
Plurals
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
Reference Ranges
Drugs

Product Description

Book by Chabner BA MAT DaviEllen

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W B Saunders Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0721697577
• ISBN 13: 9780721697574
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 1024
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: LSWR Group; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; Italia